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Yesterday I talked about how we to support the artisans but I still hadn’t seen a new, interesting venture here in Addis Ababa. I visited three buildings provided by the Government with the support of the Italian Embassy and UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization).

A place devoted to the development of small artisan businesses selected directly from the markets and structured like a cooperative in which, while they keep on doing their job, they are part of a chain on a bigger scale. This enables all of them to keep a steady and thus sustainable job, and think big and not just focus on the work of a single day hoping for a future that often does not exist. Here they have the chance to have and create a future for them and for their families.

Organization, and most of all a smart and sustainable initiative. Not only they won’t let artisans disappear, but they provide incentives and support them. A great idea we should also apply here! You never stop learning!

Everyone likes being approved and appreciated when doing their job. It is also important to appreciate others to find all together the courage and the strength to carry on. Loving and being loved is actually important for everyone, in any case. ‘Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage’. Lao Tzu